Biography:
Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. Fuller was born in July 10, 1907 in Wadesboro, North Carolina and died February 13, 1941 in Durham, North Carolina. He played a steel National resonator guitar.
As a boy Fuller learned to play the guitar and also learned from older singers the field hollers, country rags, and traditional songs and blues popular in poor, rural areas. It is reported that around 1926 he suffered from ulcerated eyes and became partially blind.
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Rag, Mama Rag
Blind Boy Fuller
1935
Standard tuning
Riff - play during F chord
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------0--1--2-----------|
D|---3--3-----------3--2--1--|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
F|D7|G7|C7|F|
D7
Says I'm going uptown hat in my hand
G7
Looking for the woman ain't got no man.
C7
Just as well be looking for a needle in the sand
F
Looking for a woman ain't got no man.
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Rag.
C7
Rag.
F
Said do that rag.
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Oh, rag.
C7
Rag.
F
Said do that rag.
D7
Says I wouldn't have thought my gal would treatin' me so.
G7
Love another man stay at my back door.
C7
Mind, mama, what you sow.
F
You got to reap just what you sow.
D7
Oh, rag. Rag, now.
G7
Rag, baby.
C7
Rag, mama.
F
Said do that rag.
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Do it a long time.
C7
Rag.
F
Said do that rag
D7
Now if you'll get you one woman better get you two,
G7
One for your buddy other one for you.
C7
Got me a wife and a sweetheart too.
F
Wife don't love me my sweetheart do.
D7
Oh, rag. Rag, baby.
G7
Rag.
C7
Rag, mama,
F
Said do that rag.
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Rag.
C7
Rag, baby.
F
Said do that rag.
[Instrumental break] D7 G7 C7 F
[Scat verse] D7 G7 C7 F
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Oh, rag, baby.
C7
Rag, mama.
F
Said do that rag
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Oh, rag, baby.
C7
Rag, mama.
F
Said do that rag.
Now rag, baby
[Instrumental break] D7 G7 C7 F
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Oh, rag.
C7
Rag, mama.
F
Said do that rag.
D7
Said my gal hollered murder I ain't raised my hand.
G7
Pistol in my pocket black jack in my hand
C7
Took my gal under the willow tree.
F
Ought to hear her hollering, "Don't murder me!"
Blind Boy Fuller
1935
Standard tuning
Riff - play during F chord
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------0--1--2-----------|
D|---3--3-----------3--2--1--|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
F|D7|G7|C7|F|
D7
Says I'm going uptown hat in my hand
G7
Looking for the woman ain't got no man.
C7
Just as well be looking for a needle in the sand
F
Looking for a woman ain't got no man.
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Rag.
C7
Rag.
F
Said do that rag.
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Oh, rag.
C7
Rag.
F
Said do that rag.
D7
Says I wouldn't have thought my gal would treatin' me so.
G7
Love another man stay at my back door.
C7
Mind, mama, what you sow.
F
You got to reap just what you sow.
D7
Oh, rag. Rag, now.
G7
Rag, baby.
C7
Rag, mama.
F
Said do that rag.
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Do it a long time.
C7
Rag.
F
Said do that rag
D7
Now if you'll get you one woman better get you two,
G7
One for your buddy other one for you.
C7
Got me a wife and a sweetheart too.
F
Wife don't love me my sweetheart do.
D7
Oh, rag. Rag, baby.
G7
Rag.
C7
Rag, mama,
F
Said do that rag.
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Rag.
C7
Rag, baby.
F
Said do that rag.
[Instrumental break] D7 G7 C7 F
[Scat verse] D7 G7 C7 F
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Oh, rag, baby.
C7
Rag, mama.
F
Said do that rag
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Oh, rag, baby.
C7
Rag, mama.
F
Said do that rag.
Now rag, baby
[Instrumental break] D7 G7 C7 F
D7
Oh, rag.
G7
Oh, rag.
C7
Rag, mama.
F
Said do that rag.
D7
Said my gal hollered murder I ain't raised my hand.
G7
Pistol in my pocket black jack in my hand
C7
Took my gal under the willow tree.
F
Ought to hear her hollering, "Don't murder me!"
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